mr manchester
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I have to preface this by saying that I until I recently moved from Denver, I have been using a great Mastering Engineer for my "finished" projects and don't intend the following question to make anyone think I can, or want to quickly become a Mastering Expert.
Over the past 15 years or so I have amassed a huge amount of cheap and nasty home recordings on CD, many made on ACID Pro (I know it was never intended to be a multi-track recording platform). I was recently listening back on some of these recordings with a view to archiving the best of them. On listening I realized that the sound quality, EQ-ing and output volumes were all over the place.
As far as archiving project goes, the recordings are likely to be for no-ones ears but mine. That being said, I'd like to be able to do some basic mastering to even out the levels, improve some of the more horrendous EQ problems and generally polish them up a little.
Is there a good stand-alone mastering package that you could recommend? I like what Ozone 5 offers but I'm struggling to find if it can be used outside of a DAW. T-Racks looks feasible but I have read mixed reviews.
thanks
Over the past 15 years or so I have amassed a huge amount of cheap and nasty home recordings on CD, many made on ACID Pro (I know it was never intended to be a multi-track recording platform). I was recently listening back on some of these recordings with a view to archiving the best of them. On listening I realized that the sound quality, EQ-ing and output volumes were all over the place.
As far as archiving project goes, the recordings are likely to be for no-ones ears but mine. That being said, I'd like to be able to do some basic mastering to even out the levels, improve some of the more horrendous EQ problems and generally polish them up a little.
Is there a good stand-alone mastering package that you could recommend? I like what Ozone 5 offers but I'm struggling to find if it can be used outside of a DAW. T-Racks looks feasible but I have read mixed reviews.
thanks